After the waiter began the cooking process the bottle of alcohol he was using slipped from his grasp and exploded.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He just stops caring about life and hits the bottle - he simply leaves.
The Sun (2015)
All related terms of 'the bottle'
hit the bottle
to start drinking too much alcohol, usually because something very unpleasant or upsetting has happened to you
spin the bottle
a kissing game played by young people, in which a bottle is laid on its side and spun to point to the one to be kissed
to hit the bottle
If someone hits the bottle , they drink a lot of alcohol .
the genie is out of the bottle
said to mean that something has been done or created which has made a great and permanent change in people's lives, especially a change which people regret
the genie is out of the bottle/let the genie out of the bottle
If you say that the genie is out of the bottle or that someone has let the genie out of the bottle , you mean that something has happened which has made a great and permanent change in people's lives, especially a bad change.